Any rhyme or reason

agility_mom(z9 AZ)February 27, 2011

I have planted several bare root fruit trees. They were all planted within a week or so of each other in a similar location. The thing is that some have leafed out or have blossoms and others are just bare still.

So, is there an order to how they wake up such as apples before apricots? Or, is there some other reason as to what makes them leaf out at different times?

I sure will feel better once they all have leaves or flowers so that I know they are alive.

I have two peach trees. One is an August Pride and the other is an Eva's Pride. They are planted within five feet of each other. About three weeks ago, the Eva's Pride began blossoming and leafing out. Then this week, the August Pride began.

I just bought these trees last year and I have never owned any kind of fruit trees before. So...I am no expert on the habits of fruit trees. But I have a theory. I think the trees break dormancy in the order of their harvest times. The August Pride is supposed to ready for harvest August 5 - August 20, while the Eva's Pride is ready for harvest in June 20 - July 15. My theory is that they bloom and leaf in order of harvest times. I could be wrong.

Several of my fig trees are waking up...one branch at a time. On or two branches will leaf out...and the others appear dormant...then the buds on them will swell and break out into small figs or leaves.